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33% Disk Space added to all Plans, Reduced Disk Space Cost[/size] [b]Disk Space Cost reduced[/b] We’ve lowered the price of extra hard disk space to $2/month per GiB. [b]Standard plans now include:[/b] Linode 100 w/ 4096 MB (4 GB) Linode 150 w/ 6144 MB (6 GB) Linode 200 w/ 8192 MB (8 GB) Linode 300 […]

I’ve just deployed a Gentoo 2006.1 template filesystem. Available now through the Distro Wizard. Enjoy! -Chris

I’m very pleased to announce that Tom Asaro has joined Linode’s team. Tom has spent the past 8 years as the IT Manager for one of the two largest framing contractors in the United States and its subsidiary, a tourism firm that furnishes high end trips throughout Asia. Part of his responsibilities included building and […]

Ubuntu 6.06 now available through the Distro Wizard. [url=http://www.ubuntulinux.org/][img]https://www.linode.com/images/logos/ubuntu_logo.png[/img][/url] Installed pacakges… [code]adduser apt apt-utils aptitude base-files base-passwd bash belocs-locales-bin bind9-host bsdmainutils bsdutils busybox-initramfs bzip2 console-common console-data console-tools coreutils cpio cramfsprogs cron dash debconf debconf-i18n debianutils dhcp3-client dhcp3-common diff discover1 discover1-data dmsetup dnsutils dosfstools dpkg dselect e2fslibs e2fsprogs ed eject fdutils file findutils ftp gcc-3.3-base gcc-4.0-base […]

Dear Linode.com Members, This past Friday (2006-06-16) marked Linode’s three year anniversary, and I just wanted to say, on behalf of Mike and myself, a big old THANKS to all of you for your business and continued support. As such, I feel the time is right to upgrade the plans to include an additional 25% […]

Arch Linux 0.7.1 is now available through your local distribution wizard. [img]http://www.archlinux.org/logos/sml-archstar.jpg[/img] http://www.archlinux.org/ Enjoy, -Chris

Ryan Finnie has updated Finnix to version 87.0. I’ve updated all the hosts’ [url=https://www.linode.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1971]Finnix Recovery Distributions[/url] to this latest version. [b]How to utilize Finnix in our environment[/b] 1) Create an empty Configuration Profile (Configurations sub-tab, click “Create a new Configuration Profile”) 2) Select “Recovery – Finnix (kernel)” for the kernel 3) Select “Recovery – Finnix […]

Ubuntu 5.10 now available through the Distro Wizard. [url=http://www.ubuntulinux.org/][img]https://www.linode.com/images/logos/ubuntu_logo.png[/img][/url] [code]adduser alsa-base apt apt-utils aptitude base-config base-files base-passwd bash bind9-host bsdmainutils bsdutils bzip2 console-common console-data console-tools coreutils cpio cramfsprogs cron dash debconf debconf-i18n debianutils dhcp3-client dhcp3-common diff discover1 discover1-data dmsetup dnsutils dosfstools dpkg dselect e2fslibs e2fsprogs ed eject evms evms-ncurses fdutils file findutils ftp gcc-3.3-base gcc-4.0-base […]

I’ve added support to the LPM that allows you to utilize Finnix as a recovery/rescue/bootstrap distribution. It occupies none of your disk space, autoconfigures your network interface and swap files, and contains enough admin utilities to get just about anything done. To quote the Finnix website: Finnix is a self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution (“LiveCD”) […]

[b]25% Additional RAM now Standard on all Packages[/b] I’ve just completed the upgrade of all existing, and new plans to include an additional 25% more RAM. Linode 64 becomes [b]Linode 80[/b] Linode 96 becomes [b]Linode 120[/b] Linode 128 becomes [b]Linode 160[/b] Linode 192 becomes [b]Linode 240[/b] Linode 256 becomes [b]Linode 320[/b] Check the [url=https://www.linode.com/products/linodes.cfm]products[/url] page […]

[b]Double Network Transit now Standard on all Packages [/b] Standard plans now include: Linode 64 – 50 GiB/xfer Linode 96 – 76 GiB/xfer Linode 128 – 100 GiB/xfer Linode 192 – 150 GiB/xfer Linode 256 – 200 GiB/xfer Check the [url=https://www.linode.com/products/linodes.cfm]products[/url] page for more information. [b]Retro-active to all Existing Customers NOW[/b] Existing customers should notice […]